Passionfruit family
PASSIFLORACEAE in Australia
including Modeccaceae, and Paropsiaceae. DILLENIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
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Christine Ashe

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Flowers in Australia

Passiflora alata
Fragrant Granadilla
Wyee, April 2008

Passiflora 'Amethyst'
Lavender Lady
Wyee, October 2005

Passiflora coccinea
Scarlet Passion Flower
Bundaberg, October 2006

Passiflora edulis
Passionfruit
Wyee, January 2007

Passiflora foetida
Stinking Passion Flower
Magnetic Island, December 2008
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Passiflora herbertiana
Herbert's Passionfruit
Wyee, August 2008

Passiflora "Coral Glow"
Coral Passion Flower
Wyee, January 2007

Passiflora suberosa
Corky Passionfruit
Magnetic Island, June 2009
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Plants in this family are the foodplants of the caterpillars of several species of Australian Lepidoptera, including:


Teia anartoides

Acraea andromacha

Vindula arsinoe

Cethosia cydippe

Cethosia penthesilea

Sphenarches anisodactylus

Opogona glycyphaga

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(updated 6 September 2009)